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Jesus Jiménez / New York Times:
Four People, Including Gunman, Are Killed in Attack at Tulsa Medical Building, Police Say — Multiple people were shot and four people, including the gunman, were killed on Wednesday afternoon at a medical building in Tulsa, Okla., the Tulsa police said. — The assailant, who was armed with a rifle …
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Fernando Alfonso III / NPR:
5 people dead at Tulsa medical building, in the 233rd mass shooting of 2022 — Tulsa police confirmed that a shooter killed four people at Saint Francis Hospital in Tulsa, Okla., on Wednesday. — “Four innocents and one shooter” are dead, Jonathan Brooks of the Tulsa police department said at a news conference on Wednesday.
J. David Goodman / New York Times:
Uvalde Teacher Spoke With Husband, a Police Officer, Before She Died — Eva Mireles's husband was an officer with the school district's Police Department. But he was not allowed to enter the place where his wife and her students were under attack. — Give this article- - - Read in app
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Alexa Ura / The Texas Tribune:
Irma and Joe Garcia, a teacher and her heartbroken husband, are buried together in Uvalde — They were high school sweethearts. Irma Garcia taught at Robb Elementary for her entire 23-year career. Her husband died of a heart attack days after she was shot. — Copy link
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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Simplest Response to School Shootings
The Simplest Response to School Shootings
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EJ Dickson / Rolling Stone:
‘Men Always Win’: Survivors ‘Sickened’ by the Amber Heard Verdict — It didn't matter what the verdict was — as one domestic violence survivor puts it, “this case is my worst fear playing out on a public stage” — Over the past few weeks, Meghan has been watching the Johnny Depp-Amber Heard trial with a sinking feeling.
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Eugene Volokh / Reason:
Johnny Depp, Amber Heard, Libel, and Chilling Effects — As all of you must have heard by now, Johnny Depp won his libel case against Amber Heard, and was awarded $10 million in compensatory damages plus $5 million in punitive damages (but Virginia law reduces the punitive award to $350,000).
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Candace McDuffie / The Root:
Amber Heard Verdict Sends A Message To Black Women Everywhere — If the mistreatment of a wealthy blonde haired, blue-eyed white actress is ridiculed by the world, what does that mean for Black women? — Alerts — On Wednesday, a jury in Virginia decided that actor Johnny Depp …
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Sophia Cai / Axios:
Scoop: Blockbuster witness for Jan. 6 hearings — J. Michael Luttig, a former federal judge and lawyer who advised former Vice President Mike Pence, is expected to testify in the Jan. 6 select committee's public hearings this month, Axios has learned.
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Betsy Woodruff Swan / Politico:
Pa. GOP gubernatorial nominee shares documents with Jan. 6 panel, agrees to interview — The Jan. 6 select committee received materials this week from Pennsylvania GOP gubernatorial nominee Doug Mastriano — and with them, perhaps, a new dilemma. — Mastriano's previously unreported cooperation …
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Mike Stone / Reuters:
EXCLUSIVE U.S. plans to sell armed drones to Ukraine in coming days -sources — The Biden administration plans to sell Ukraine four MQ-1C Gray Eagle drones that can be armed with Hellfire missiles for battlefield use against Russia, three people familiar with the situation said.
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Andrew E. Kramer / New York Times:
Live Updates: Facing Heavy Losses, Ukraine Slowly Falls Back in East
Live Updates: Facing Heavy Losses, Ukraine Slowly Falls Back in East
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Financial Times:
Saudi Arabia ready to pump more oil if Russian output sinks under ban — Riyadh aware it must not ‘lose control’ of oil prices as energy sanctions hit Moscow — Saudi Arabia has indicated to western allies that it is prepared to raise oil production should Russia's output fall substantially under …
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House Republicans to unveil conservative roadmap on climate, energy — House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy plans to call for boosting domestic fossil fuel production and streamlining the permitting process for large infrastructure projects — House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) …
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Stacy Cowley / New York Times:
$5.8 Billion in Loans Will Be Forgiven for Corinthian Colleges Students — The Education Department said it would wipe out the debts of 560,000 borrowers who had enrolled in the for-profit college chain, which collapsed in 2015. — Give this article- - - Read in app
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Ro Khanna / New York Times:
There Is Way More Biden Can Do to Lower Prices — Lupe Lopez, a grocery store owner in my district in California, recently showed me how devastating inflation has been for her and her customers. Milk cost $4.95 a gallon, an increase of 38 percent since 2019, and tortilla packets were $3.07, up by 24 percent.
Bob Christie / Associated Press:
Records show coordinated Arizona ballot collection scheme — PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona woman indicted in 2020 on accusations of illegally collecting ballots apparently ran a sophisticated operation using her status as a well-known Democratic operative in the border city of San Luis …
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Uvalde mayor recounts frantic attempt to call shooter during massacre — In an interview, Mayor Don McLaughlin (R) calls for compromise on measures like background checks — UVALDE, Tex. — As a massacre unfolded inside an elementary school here last week, a would-be negotiator deployed …
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Emilie Raguso / Berkeleyside:
Student, 16, arrested on suspicion of mass shooting, bomb plot at BHS — Police say they seized “explosives and assault rifles, several knives” and other concerning materials at the boy's Berkeley home. — A 16-year-old Berkeley High student turned himself in to police this week following …
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New York Times:
The Middlemen Helping Russian Oligarchs Get Superyachts and Villas — They oversee the flow of billions of dollars from Putin-connected Russians to companies involved in superyachts and villas. They've drawn the attention of a U.S. task force. — Give this article- - - Read in app
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Nicole Meir / Associated Press:
New AP Stylebook includes 300 new or revised entries, inclusive storytelling chapter — The Associated Press today released the 56th edition of The Associated Press Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law, which includes more than 300 new or revised entries and a new chapter on inclusive storytelling.
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Sheryl Sandberg, long Facebook's No. 2 exec, steps down — SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Sheryl Sandberg, the No. 2 executive at Facebook owner Meta, who helped turn its business from startup to digital advertising empire while also taking blame for some of its biggest missteps, is stepping down.
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Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
Adm. Linda Fagan becomes first woman to lead U.S. Coast Guard — Adm. Linda Fagan was sworn in Wednesday by President Biden as the 27th commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, becoming the first woman to lead the service. — With her appointment, Fagan also becomes the first female service chief in American history.
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Kristin Wilson / CNN:
Pelosi says House will consider assault weapons ban legislation — Washington (CNN)House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said next week she will bring forward legislation to ban military-style assault weapons, as the chamber moves to address gun violence. — She said “we will be having a hearing …
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Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Biden's fantastical claim of $500 in annual utility savings — “A dozen CEOs of America's largest utility companies told me earlier this year that my plan would reduce the average family's annual utility bills by $500 and accelerate our transition from energy produced by autocrats.”
New York Times:
U.S. Will Airlift Baby Formula From Abroad as Shortages Grow Worse — The White House is facing new questions about whether it acted quickly enough after the leading baby formula plant shut down in February. — Give this article- - - Read in app — WASHINGTON — The nationwide shortage …
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Reagan Knopp / The Oregon Catalyst:
BREAKING: Drazan has edge over Kotek in early poll — By In the news In: 2022 Election Wednesday June 1, 2022 No Comments yet, we're awaiting your thoughts — In a new poll from Nelson Research, Republican Christine Drazan has the early lead coming out of the primary.
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Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu / Protocol:
Tech giants made a home in Ghana. Now they're quiet on its anti-LGBTQ+ bill. — Sitting in front of a ring light and a phone affixed to a tripod, Bright Ofosu Amoabeng prepared to once again host a live weekly discussion on Instagram. Amoabeng's show, which he streams from his home in Accra …
Matt Stieb / New York Magazine:
Man Who Shot Reagan Granted Full Freedom — John Hinckley, the would-be assassin who shot President Ronald Reagan two months after his inauguration in 1981, was deemed by a federal judge on Wednesday to no longer be a “danger to himself or others.” As a result, he will be free of all remaining restrictions by June 15.
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Alexandre Tanzi / Bloomberg:
One-Third of Americans Making $250,000 Live Paycheck-to-Paycheck, Survey Finds — More than a third of Americans earning at least $250,000 annually say they are living paycheck to paycheck, underscoring how inflation is taking a bigger bite out of Americans' budgets at all ends of the pay spectrum.
Hugh Son / CNBC:
Jamie Dimon says ‘brace yourself’ for an economic hurricane caused by the Fed and Ukraine war — There are two main factors that has Dimon worried: So-called quantitative tightening, or QT, is scheduled to begin this month and will ramp up to $95 billion a month in reduced bond holdings.
Lisa Rein / Washington Post:
Watchdog opens probe into huge Social Security fines to poor, disabled — An independent watchdog this week opened a broad investigation into Social Security Inspector General Gail Ennis and her office following a Washington Post report that revealed how an anti-fraud program …
Lisa Friedman / New York Times:
Biden Administration to Cut Costs for Wind and Solar Energy Projects — Interior Secretary Deb Haaland said the government would sharply reduce the fees it charges to companies that operate on public lands. — Give this article- - - Read in app — WASHINGTON — The Biden administration …
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